(Advanced) Who is America - a modest proposal

Discuss the picture above. What is going on?

Who is America?

Part 1. 0:00 - 5:15

1. Who is Philip van Cleave?

2. "We've been pushing something _____ this ____ for years but really haven't ____ any _____ with it."

3. "This year in our state government they had a bill ____  ___ that would have made it illegal for someone four years old to twelve years old to ____ _____ _____ a gun. We killed the bill."

4. They call it the _______ twos for a reason.

5. How do you feed Puppy Pistol?

6. What is an Uzicorn?

7. What can Dino Gun do really fast?

8. What does BFF stand for?

What do you think of the episode so far?

Do you feel Cohen has unfairly manipulated Philip? Did you notice any manipulative editing?


Part 2. 5.15 - 7:55

1.  The Second Amendment right of toddlers to ____ firearms at preschool.

2. Who is Larry Pratt? What does he do?

3. "This _____ of the conversation would absolutely cause heads to explode ____ in this country."

4. How does Cohen draw attention to the unintended irony of Pratt's statement?

5.  "It's not ___ if its your wife, eh?

6. Why does Cohen end this statement with "eh?" with his hand extended for a handshake?

7. Where are they supposedly sending the video?

8. "There a few _______ of Congress who will be as _______ to what you're doing as I have been."

9. "to set some time _____."

10. According to Pratt, who has blood on their hands?

What is your impression of Mr Pratt? Has Cohen exploited him or exposed him? 


Part 3. 7:23 - end

1. Now that I have this ____ on board, I was welcomed into the _____ of Congress.

2. How is Cohen playing on Pratt's name?

3. Why is it ironic that Cohen gets access to congress through Mr Pratt?

4. What is Matt Gaetz's response to Cohen's proposal?

5. "______ they be teachers, or ______ they actually be talented children or even _____ trained preschoolers."

6. "...introduces ______  ______ children from twelve to four years old to pistols, rifles, semi-automatics, and a ________ knowledge of mortars."

7. Why is the age range said in reverse?

8. "In less than a month, a first grader can become a first ______"

9. "Toddlers are pure - uncorrupted by _________ or __________. They don't worry if it's ______ _______ to shoot a mentally deranged gunman."

10. "The science ____ this programme is ______."

11. How are young children able to see according to the science evidence offered?

How do you think the makers of this show got these congresspeople and senators to say these things?

Again, have they been exploited or exposed?


_____


Joe Walsh was, who ended the episode by saying "Happy shooting kids" explains how he was "duped" into saying that an other things.

Listen:


Joe Walsh (victim) explains

1. Are you satisfied with Walsh's explanation?

2. Does the interviewer ask the right questions?


Compare that interview with this one:


Piers Press Joe Walsh

Quizlet:

24 pairs

What is the missing word? Its the same word in different forms.

Walsh apparently ______ that saying something doesn't mean you have to ______ it. _______ the things he was saying were Israel's ______, he said them, despite his own ______. Piers, on the other hand, ______ that if someones says they ______ something, you should assume that they hold those ______. Walsh asks Piers if he seriously ______ that all the people in the video ______ what they were saying. Piers says he must, because they said they so. Walsh finds this __________.